#BAB8D7#BAB8D7

#BAB8D7 is a light, muted blue. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.044 H 288.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BAB8D7
RGB	rgb(186, 184, 215)
HSL	hsl(244, 28%, 78%)
HSV	hsv(244, 14%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.5%, 14.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.84, 6.83, -15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.84, 16.74, 294.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.43% 0.0137 -0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(79.43% 0.044 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.6533, 49.6260, 71.2396)
Luminance	0.4963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BAB8D7 #D5D7B8

analogous

#B8C5D7 #BAB8D7 #C9B8D7

triadic

#BAB8D7 #D7BAB8 #B8D7BA

tetradic

#BAB8D7 #D7B8C5 #D5D7B8 #B8D7C9

square

#BAB8D7 #D7B8C5 #D5D7B8 #B8D7C9

split-complementary

#BAB8D7 #D7C9B8 #C5D7B8

monochromatic

#6E6AAB #9491C1 #BAB8D7 #E0DFED #ECEBF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#BAB8D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#BAB8D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BAB8D7

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BAB8D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BAB8D7	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1BCD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1BAD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4BDC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bab8d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(186, 184, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.044 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfcde3',
    500: '#bab8d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bab8d7;
$custom-light: #cfcde3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bab8d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 186,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 243.871,
    "s": 27.928,
    "l": 78.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79425,
    "c": 0.04359,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BAB8D7

secondary

#EAEAE1

accent

#A73FA0

background

#FCFCFD

surface

#F9F9FB

border

#D2D2D4

text

#131315

muted

#828283

Preview Lab

Preview with #BAB8D7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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